{"product_id":"john-lydgates-dance-of-death-and-related-works-9781580443814","title":"John Lydgate's 'Dance of Death' and Related Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Megan L. Cook | Elizaveta Strakhov\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Medieval Institute Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume joins new editions of both texts of John Lydgate's \u003ci\u003eThe Dance of Death\u003c\/i\u003e, related Middle English verse, and a new translation of Lydgate's French source, the \u003ci\u003eDanse macabre\u003c\/i\u003e. Together these poems showcase the power of the \u003ci\u003edanse macabre\u003c\/i\u003e motif, offering a window into life and death in late medieval Europe. In vivid, often grotesque, and darkly humorous terms, these poems ponder life's fundamental paradox: while we know that we all must die, we cannot imagine our own death.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Medieval Institute Publications","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889287446679,"sku":"9781580443814","price":10741.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781580443814.webp?v=1781175481","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/john-lydgates-dance-of-death-and-related-works-9781580443814","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}